Armed man robs woman at Portland ATM

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Portland police are looking for a man who held up a woman at an ATM machine at gunpoint.

The woman told police that she was forced to withdraw money at the downtown ATM from her bank account. The suspect then took her money and her cellphone and fled.

The robbery happened Thursday at 5:30 in the evening at TD Bank North at 2 Portland Square.

The suspect is described as a white man, about 6 feet tall, weighing 16 0to 180 pounds. He was wearing jeans, and a blue pullover hooded sweat shirt over a light gray or blue zippered hooded sweat shirt and a black winter mask.

Police say the suspect showed a black semi-automatic style handgun.

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call Portland Police.